Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $432B
1-Year Return 19.15%
 

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), founded in 1981 by David Booth and Rex Sinquefield and headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an investment management firm renowned for its evidence-based, low-cost approach to investing, grounded in academic research from Nobel laureates like Eugene Fama and Kenneth French. Managing hundreds of billions in assets, DFA focuses on systematic, passive strategies that tilt toward factors like small-cap, value, and profitability stocks, primarily through mutual funds and institutional portfolios rather than retail brokerage services. The firm’s philosophy eschews market timing and stock picking, instead emphasizing diversification and efficient market exposure, often requiring investors to access its funds through approved financial advisors. With a global presence and a reputation for disciplined, data-driven investing, DFA has carved a unique niche in the industry, blending academic rigor with practical application.

This Quarter Return
+6.54%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$152B
AUM Growth
+$11.2B
Cap. Flow
+$5.79B
Cap. Flow %
3.8%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.92%
Holding
3,614
New
69
Increased
2,264
Reduced
893
Closed
98

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$317M
2
SAN icon
Banco Santander
SAN
+$169M
3
T icon
AT&T
T
+$167M
4
F icon
Ford
F
+$101M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$93.8M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.07%
2 Industrials 13.06%
3 Technology 11.2%
4 Energy 9.42%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.31%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
BGC icon
951
BGC Group
BGC
$4.84B
$41.3M 0.03%
7,026,344
+447,753
+7% +$2.63M
MPWR icon
952
Monolithic Power Systems
MPWR
$40.2B
$41.3M 0.03%
830,561
-627
-0.1% -$31.2K
TEX icon
953
Terex
TEX
$3.49B
$41.3M 0.03%
1,481,378
+165,551
+13% +$4.62M
CAB
954
DELISTED
Cabela's Inc
CAB
$41.3M 0.03%
782,878
+34,446
+5% +$1.82M
LSCC icon
955
Lattice Semiconductor
LSCC
$9.04B
$41.2M 0.03%
5,982,453
+108,704
+2% +$749K
BANR icon
956
Banner Corp
BANR
$2.33B
$41.2M 0.03%
957,403
+13,830
+1% +$595K
WPC icon
957
W.P. Carey
WPC
$15B
$41.2M 0.03%
599,838
+102,262
+21% +$7.02M
TIME
958
DELISTED
Time Inc.
TIME
$41.2M 0.03%
1,672,362
+484,249
+41% +$11.9M
GLDD icon
959
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
GLDD
$834M
$41.2M 0.03%
4,807,685
+42,178
+0.9% +$361K
MGRC icon
960
McGrath RentCorp
MGRC
$3.1B
$41.1M 0.03%
1,145,164
+44,776
+4% +$1.61M
AZZ icon
961
AZZ Inc
AZZ
$3.59B
$41.1M 0.03%
875,125
+41,014
+5% +$1.92M
SNBR icon
962
Sleep Number
SNBR
$234M
$41M 0.03%
1,517,647
+174,518
+13% +$4.72M
PXD
963
DELISTED
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
$40.9M 0.03%
274,993
-15,032
-5% -$2.24M
AWR icon
964
American States Water
AWR
$2.83B
$40.9M 0.03%
1,085,622
+44,224
+4% +$1.67M
EBS icon
965
Emergent Biosolutions
EBS
$439M
$40.9M 0.03%
1,501,159
+17,742
+1% +$483K
IART icon
966
Integra LifeSciences
IART
$1.21B
$40.9M 0.03%
1,843,204
+146,140
+9% +$3.24M
PLKI
967
DELISTED
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
PLKI
$40.8M 0.03%
724,250
+31,651
+5% +$1.78M
HI icon
968
Hillenbrand
HI
$1.81B
$40.6M 0.03%
1,177,153
+111,234
+10% +$3.84M
BBWI icon
969
Bath & Body Works
BBWI
$5.75B
$40.6M 0.03%
579,600
+10,508
+2% +$735K
TYC
970
DELISTED
TYCO INTL PLC COM SHS (IRL)
TYC
$40.5M 0.03%
895,568
+16,243
+2% +$735K
TFCF
971
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
$40.5M 0.03%
1,098,767
+16,746
+2% +$618K
AMTD
972
DELISTED
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
$40.5M 0.03%
1,132,144
+202,811
+22% +$7.26M
CEB
973
DELISTED
CEB Inc.
CEB
$40.5M 0.03%
558,467
+17,073
+3% +$1.24M
NTAP icon
974
NetApp
NTAP
$25B
$40.5M 0.03%
977,164
+125,998
+15% +$5.22M
NLSN
975
DELISTED
Nielsen Holdings plc
NLSN
$40.5M 0.03%
905,221
+214,273
+31% +$9.59M